How does this ban affect me?

Current students and staff

If you are a current U of A staff member or student and have been affected by the ban, or think you will be, we want to hear from you. Staff in the university's Office of Emergency Management are gathering this information. Please contact them at oem.manager@ualberta.ca with the subject line “U.S. Travel Ban.”

1-215-354-5000 (UAlberta membership #27ACAS601957)
This consultation service is free of charge to members of UAlberta community. Contact International SOS if you are considering travelling, or have travel already planned.

Updates

U.S. immigration ban update

Grandparents of U.S. citizens from the 6 countries—Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Yemen—are eligible to receive U.S. visas, following a ruling from a U.S. district judge in Hawaii. Read more.

Monday, June 29, 2017

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a limited version of the March executive order can proceed. The decision allows a temporary suspension of entry to foreign nationals from Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, who are outside the United States as of June 26, 2017, who did not have a valid visa at 5 p.m. EST on January 27, 2017, and who do not have a valid visa as on 8 p.m. EDT on June 29, 2017.

On March 6, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order for a revised travel ban. Effective March 16, foreign nationals from Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, who are outside the U.S. and who did not have a valid visa at 5 p.m. EST on Jan. 27, 2017, and do not have a valid visa on the effective date of this order are not eligible to enter the U.S. while the temporary suspension remains in effect. Thus, any individual who had a valid visa either on Jan. 27, 2017 (prior to 5 p.m. EST) or holds a valid visa on the effective date of the executive order is not barred from seeking entry.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the Canadian government will review the revised order to fully understand its implications.

The U of A has waived application fees for citizens of the seven countries affected by the U.S. travel ban. Applicants from these affected countries with questions about study permits, or concerns about meeting application or document deadlines, should contact University of Alberta International at welcome@international.ualberta.ca for advice. The university will make efforts to accommodate, wherever possible.

Today, as president of the University of Alberta—but also as a citizen of Alberta and Canada—I want to voice our university’s firm commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity in the face of rising isolationism and division. These values guide our actions every day in a myriad of small ways, but sometimes, we are called to stand up for them in visible and vocal ways.